Das Supertalent (Germany's Got Talent, Got Talent Germany) is a German talent show, part of the internationally successful Got Talent franchise, presented by Lola Weippert and Chris Tall. Just like in all other versions of the franchise, auditions take place and the judges review their talent and then later the home audience votes in an election to deem who wins. The prize money is €50,000. Seasons Season 1 (2007) Season 1 was presented by Marco Schreyl (also the host of Deutschland sucht den Superstar – the German version of Pop Idol). The first episode premiered on 20 October 2007 on RTL and ended on 3 November 2007. The auditions took place in Cologne, Hamburg, Oldenburg and Munich and approximately 5000 people applied for the three-part show. The auditions took place in the first two programs on 20 and 27 October 2007, in the Schiller Theater in Berlin. The judges were Dieter Bohlen (musician and also a judge on Deutschland sucht den Superstar), Ruth Moschner (TV presenter) and André Sarrasani (circus director). The show reached up to 6.72 million in audience figures. On 3 November 19-year-old opera singer Ricardo Marinello won €100,000 in the final. Winner: Ricardo Marinello (Opera singer) Runner-up: Tilly Horn (Singer) 3rd: Robert Wolf (Beatboxer) 4th: Gino Badagliacca (Opera singer) 5th: Tobias Kramer (Trumpet player) 6th: Philipp Fedan (Dancer) 7th: Daniel Carr (Singer) 8th: Udo Uhse-Thews (Singer) 9th: Die Rabiniak-Schwestern (Singing trio) 10th: Roswitha Wahl & Renate Recknagel (Acrobat duo) Season 2 (2008) On 18 October 2008, the second season premiered on RTL and ended on 29 November 2008. Due to good ratings, the number of episodes was increased to 7 episodes; 4 audition shows, each 1 hour long and 3 live shows, each 2 hours long. Dieter Bohlen remained as a judge but the two others were replaced by Bruce Darnell (an American model and choreographer who also judges Germany's Next Topmodel) and Sylvie Meis (a Dutch TV presenter and former wife of footballer Rafael van der Vaart) and the TV presenter Daniel Hartwich joined Marco Schreyl as the new host. The last episodes were on 15 and 22 November. 44-year-old harmonica player Michael Hirte won the second season and €100.000 with 72.62 percent of all votes. On 5 December Michael Hirte released an album called Der Mann mit der Mundharmonika (The Man with the Harmonica) which placed No. 1 on the German Charts and did the